Daehakno, Chongno-Gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Professor Yun-Chul Hong has main interest in emerging health issues, particularly environmental and genetic effects on chronic disease such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cancer. He has expertise in the area of gene-environmental interaction showing that not only genetic polymorphisms but also environmental exposures affect health outcomes or indicators by the way of interaction. Currently he is the chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and the director of the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine in Korea.